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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 18, 2024Brooks County, Thomas County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2024, 1:13 PM EDT for Brooks County, Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2024, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

Counties Brooks County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 296 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 638 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 18, 11:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 11:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:48 AM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
113 PM EDT Thu Jul 18 2024

GAZ158-159-181800-
Brooks GA-Thomas GA-
113 PM EDT Thu Jul 18 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL THOMAS AND BROOKS
COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...

At 113 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Boston, or 12 miles east of Thomasville, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Quitman, Boston, Pavo, Morven, Barwick, Dixie, Thomasville Municipal
A/P, Barney, Dillon, Patten, Eason, Oaklawn, Pidcock, Brooks Co A/p,
Blue Springs, Hollis, and Newark.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3083 8338 3083 8341 3081 8343 3082 8345
      3077 8345 3075 8348 3069 8345 3077 8388
      3084 8392 3093 8392 3102 8347 3095 8343
      3090 8344 3089 8342 3088 8337 3086 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 265DEG 12KT 3086 8377

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

71-BUNKER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 9:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		64 min
Jul 18, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	37 min
Jul 18, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	36 min
Jul 18, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	34 min
Jul 18, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	45 min
Jul 18, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Holmes	39 min
Jul 18, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Gadsden	33 min
Jul 18, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Washington	45 min
Jul 18, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Washington	41 min
Jul 17, 8:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Tift	26 min
Jul 17, 8:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Berrien, Irwin, Tift	113 min
Jul 17, 8:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	91 min
Jul 17, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth	56 min
Jul 18, 7:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Calhoun, Clay	57 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.